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What are killer whales scared of?

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Lacking any natural predators of their own these marine mammals are able to freely hunt and kill other oceanic creatures without the fear of being hunted themselves. Like other dolphin species (killer whales belong to the dolphin family) they are known to consume fish, squid, octopus, crustaceans and cephalopods. read more

Fear of Whales Phobia – Cetaphobia Hundreds of thousands of people around the globe are afraid of whales. The intense fear of whales is termed as Cetaphobia, a word that has its origins in Latin Cetus meaning large fish and phobos which is the Greek God of fear. read more

In one famous case from 1997, a female killer whale just off the coast of California immobilised a 13 foot long great white by flipping it upside down, presumably with an awesome suplex, after which it then held the shark in place until it died of a combination of lack of oxygen and shame. read more

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